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Screenshot of a social media comment from Lourdes (@gossipgirl), who writes: "Using Microsoft Word. Moves an images 1mm to the left. all text and images shift. 4 new pages appear. in the distance, sirens." Below the screenshot, "PDF in the Wild" in cursive text.

PDF bookmarks from Google Chrome? | What does “PDF” mean to you? | Two reasons why everyone needs PDF | PDF tricks on YouTube | DPC to hold first US-based event on preservation | New free Hyperlegible™ Next Font | Yep, you can now emulate Linux on a… PDF! | Fonts can be Fun! | Validating Well-Tagged PDF | PDF AcademicBot for February 2025.

Cover of the EA-PDF specification.

Organizations worldwide rely on email at almost every level of daily operations, but lack options for effectively preserving and accessing email over long periods of time. EA-PDF offers a new way.

Adobe Standards Support Endowment

Adobe, a Partner member of the PDF Association, has renewed its Standards Support Endowment for 2025, marking the 7th year in which Adobe has provided this support.

Screenshot from Doom played in a PDF file.

Doom in a PDF | PDF Week Boston 2025 | The EAA is coming! | AI and accessibility standards | Patch for veraPDF | OPF Annual Report highlights the importance of PDF/A | ISO TC 46 YouTube Channel | PDFacademicBot for January, 2025

Screenshot of a PDF page and associated tag tree. The tag's associated content is highlighted; an arrow connects the two.

A list of PDF Association members’ free and commercial software that exposes the relationship between a PDF’s page content and tags.

Figurative example of correct and incorrect use of the ActualText property, as well as the PDF Association logo.

These new Techniques for Accessible PDF are designed to help software developers, document authors, and remediators create accessible PDF files that better meet the needs of users with disabilities.

PDF Days Europe

We’re bringing back PDF Days by popular demand! Join the world’s PDF experts in Berlin this coming September for two intense days of presentations and networking.

William Kilian, PDF Champion 2024

The PDF Association is now recognizing, on an annual basis, a single volunteer who has made major contributions to the development of PDF technology. In 2024, that person is William Kilian, of TargetStream Technologies.

Illustration representing lots of graphs. Google Trends "pdf" in 2024.

Most people searching for “pdf” are interested in a document, not the file format. Google Trends data offers a window into past and current perceptions of pdf, and offers some surprising insights.

Happy Holidays from the PDF Association!

A close-up look at how PDF does text | What would Patton think? | Word bug blocks PDF/UA validators, Happy Holidays & the PDFacademicBot for December 2024!

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